Analytic Frameworks: Interactive Quiz Melissa McPheeters, PhD, MPH Associate Director for Methods, Vanderbilt University EPC Assistant Professor, Institute for Medicine and Public Health Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Interactive Quiz: Instructions Open this presentation as a slideshow. This will activate the hyperlinks. When you come to a question, select your choice. If you are correct, you will be directed to the next question. If you are correct, you will be directed forward in the case. If you are incorrect, you will be directed back to the decision slide to choose again. – – Click on forward hyperlinks (Red Boxes) to follow through the case based on your responses. – – Click on home hyperlink (Blue House Icon) to go back to the last correct step in the series.

Participation Quiz: Question 1 When do you use your analytical framework? Constructing key questions Targeting future research Directing literature searches All of the above

Correct! The analytic framework should be used as a guideline over the course of the entire review. [SELECT RED BOX]

Try Again… That answer is correct, but what’s wrong with the other choices? [Click on Blue Box to Go Back]

Participation Quiz: Question 2 “Influence diagram” is another name for an analytical framework. True False

Correct! Analytic frameworks can also be referred to as conceptual or theoretical frameworks, simulation models, or causal pathways. [SELECT RED BOX]

Try Again… There are several different ways to refer to the analytic framework. [Click on Blue Box to Go Back]

Participation Quiz: Question 3 Within the analytical framework, models arrows represent: Linkages Harms Populations None of the above

Correct! Arrows can also represent preventive service, treatment, and questions. [SELECT RED BOX]

Try Again… These can be represented with ovals or rectangles. [Click on Blue Box to Go Back]

Try Again… The correct choice is in there somewhere! [Click on Blue Box to Go Back]

Participation Quiz: Question 4 Analytical frameworks are developed during the writing phase, at the end of the systematic review. True False

Correct! Analytical frameworks should be created during the topic refinement and preparation phase, to – – Allow reviewers to identify logical flaws as key questions are being developed – – Provide the clinical and biological underpinnings for the mechanism of action of the intervention under review – – Clarify implicit assumptions in the review [SELECT RED BOX]

Try Again The analytic framework should be developed at the beginning of the project, not the end. [Click on Blue Box to Go Back]

Congratulations! You have successfully completed the quiz! Please refer to the slide set for Module 2 with any questions.